News Room

• March 4, 2013

  

  University of Texas at El Paso President Diana Natalicio Elected Board Chair of ACE

  Diana Natalicio, president of The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), has been elected chair of the Board of Directors of ACE. She succeeds Joseph E. Aoun, president of Northeastern University (MA), and will serve a one-year term.

• Institutional Capacity

  March 4, 2013

  

  Study Finds Higher Education Presidential Pipeline Is Slow to Change

  A selection of 149 four-year higher education institutions tracked between 2008 and 2013 showed slight increases in the age and gender diversity of senior administrators holding positions that often lead to the presidency but no change in the shareA selection of 149 four-year higher education institutions tracked between 2008 and 2013 showed slight increases in the age and gender diversity of senior administrators holding positions that often lead to the presidency but no change in the share o...

• March 3, 2013

  

  Gee Receives 2013 ACE Council of Fellows/Fidelity Investments Mentor Award

  E. Gordon Gee, president of The Ohio State University, was presented today with the 2013 Council of Fellows/Fidelity Investments Mentor Award* during the opening plenary of ACE's 95th Annual Meeting in Washington, DC.

• Gender Equity

  March 2, 2013

  

  ACE Honors Juliet V. Garcia and Karen S. Haynes at Women's Leadership Dinner

  ACE has awarded Juliet García, president of The University of Texas at Brownsville, with the ACE Lifetime Achievement Award and Karen Haynes, president of California State University San Marcos, with the 2013 Donna Shavlik Award.

• Supporting Student Veterans

  February 27, 2013

  ACE, CDP to Train College Mental Health Counselors to Aid Student Veterans

  ACE is launching an initiative to train hundreds of college and university mental health counselors on how to better address issues such as post-traumatic stress and suicide prevention in their work treating student veterans.

• Institutional Capacity

  February 25, 2013

  

  More Than 1,500 Higher Education Leaders to Gather in Washington for ACE's 95th Annual Meeting

  MOOCS, college completion, campus internationalization—these are just a few of the issues more than 1,500 leaders will discuss at ACE's 95th Annual Meeting in Washington, DC, March 2-5, 2013.

• Institutional Capacity

  February 6, 2013

  

  ACE Announces Launch of Association of Chief Academic Officers

  ACE has announced plans for the launch of the first national professional organization representing chief academic officers from all sectors of higher education, the Association of Chief Academic Officers.

• Educational Attainment

  January 23, 2013

  

  Higher Education Leaders Call for Bold Action on Attainment

  In an open letter released today, leading college and university presidents call upon their colleagues to make retention and completion a critical campus priority to stem the unacceptable loss of human potential represented by the number of students...

• Adult Learners

  January 18, 2013

  

  New Paper Calls for Revamping Higher Education to Meet the Needs of Post-Traditional Learners

  Higher education leaders should transform the academy to better serve post-traditional learners, according to a new paper commissioned by ACE.

• Prior Learning Assessments

  January 15, 2013

  

  ACE to Forge New Ground in MOOC Evaluation and Research Effort

  ACE is opening a new front in its groundbreaking initiative to evaluate massive open online courses (MOOCs) for possible college credit and explore how this new learning mode can best spur student success.

Browse Stories

• June 4, 2013

  OSU President E. Gordon Gee to Retire July 1

  The Plain Dealer (OH)

• June 4, 2013

  A Matter of Federal Significance

  Inside Higher Ed

• June 2, 2013

  How Online Learning is Reinventing College

  The Christian Science Monitor

• May 31, 2013

  University of Alabama's Faculty Diversity Lags Behind Other State Schools, National Average

  AL.com

• May 31, 2013

  University System of Georgia Taking Closer Look at MOOCs

  The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

• May 30, 2013

  AAUP Urges Direct Talks Between Colleges' Boards and Faculties

  The Chronicle of Higher Education

• May 28, 2013

  MOOCs Viable for Community Colleges, Officials Say

  Diverse: Issues In Higher Education

• May 26, 2013

  Part-Time College Faculty Fight for Better Pay and Working Conditions

  The Plain Dealer (OH)

• May 25, 2013

  Benson Will be State’s Third Highest Paid University President

  The Richmond Register (KY)

• May 24, 2013

  Harkin Papers a 'Nice Feather in Drake's Cap

  The Des Moines Register (IA)